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Fiscal math has gone awry
Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
According to former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, the Budget is all about numbers: every number must be justified. If just three numbers are wrong, the Budget — that is the Annual Statement of Revenue…
Housing rights are not enough. We need ‘livelihood centric’ planning in our cities!
By Debadutta Parida*
For the past several decades, the emphasis in urban planning, governance, and the law has limited itself to providing rights to citizens, and to provide legal remedies when those rights are infringed or likely to be…
Humbug of expenditure
Dr Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
The government has tried to remain unscathed by attributing unbridled fiscal deficit to the recession and improved spending. In a post -Budget interaction with media, to assert that the government has spent…
Climate crisis: we must invest in climate action before it’s too late
By Debadutta Parida*
In the year 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), which is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations dedicated to create and share scientific information about human-induced climate…
Indian Democracy: Flourishing or Shriveling
By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
Republic Day is celebrated every year in India on January 26 to commemorate the date on which the
Constitution of India came into effect, and the country became a republic. While India became
independent…
Local governance and planning challenges in the face of climate change in India
By Debadutta Parida*
The recent regime change in the US has caused climate enthusiasts to renew their approach, in anticipation of the increased role played by the United States in global climate negotiations and resulting actions in the…
What ails Odisha farmers?
By Dr Sambit Dash*
In this second part of the essay based on the University of Pennsylvania Centre for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) study on agriculture in Odisha, we shall dissect few details about land, input costs, historical…
Sliding into Morass
Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
According to Carmen M. Reinhart, chief economist of the World Bank, the Covid-19 pandemic continues to deliver many moments of unwanted drama, including soaring infection rates, widespread lockdowns,…
Marathas, Mughals, and Nationalism
Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
A serious attempt is made by the present right-wing ruling dispensation at the center to erase history, disown the veracity of historical facts, distorts basic truths to downplay the complexities of India’s…
Nearly all Odisha farmers store their produce in their homes: study
By Dr Sambit Dash*
A large study of Indian agricultural markets conducted by University of Pennsylvania’s Centre for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) in association with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the three Indian states of…
